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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Dent, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Dent and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Dent:
- 46.623792, -116.203200
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Dent
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Clearwater County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Clearwater County
- Since Dent is near Latah County and also Nez Perce County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Latah County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nez Perce County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Dent
Communities Also Named Dent ...
We found nine communities that are also named Dent.
Within Idaho, the name Dent is unique.
Beyond Idaho, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
- Weld County
- This Dent is located in Weld County and lies 716 miles [1,152.3 km]<1> to the southeast of the Dent that is located in Clearwater County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Weld County community of Dent.
- Kentucky
- Russell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dent [Russell County].
- Minnesota
- Otter Tail County
- This Dent is located in Otter Tail County and lies 969 miles [1,559.5 km]<1> to the east of the Dent that is located in Clearwater County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Otter Tail County community of Dent.
- Mississippi
- Holmes County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dent [Holmes County].
- Missouri
- Texas County
- This Dent is located in Texas County and lies 1,382 miles [2,224.1 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Dent that is located in Clearwater County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Texas County community of Dent.
- Ohio
- Hamilton County
- This Dent is located in Hamilton County and lies 1,663 miles [2,676.3 km]<1> to the east of the Dent that is located in Clearwater County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Dent.
- Oklahoma
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Dent [Lincoln County].
- Pennsylvania
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Dent [Greene County].
- West Virginia
- Barbour County
- This Dent is located in Barbour County and lies 1,885 miles [3,033.6 km]<1> to the east of the Dent that is located in Clearwater County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Barbour County community of Dent.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Dent ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Best Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Best Corner is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Best Corner
- Blake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Blake is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blake
- Bruce Eddy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bruce Eddy is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruce Eddy
- Cooper
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cooper is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Cow Creek
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cow Creek is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cow Creek
- Crescent
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crescent is located in Latah County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
- Elk River
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Five Corners ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Five Corners is located in Clearwater County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
- Peck
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
How Far From Dent to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Dent to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Dent and extending to:
- Orofino, which is the Seat of Clearwater County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the south southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Dent to Orofino, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
- Boise, which is the State Capital of Idaho, lies 207 miles [333.1 km] to the south (S). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 8 days and walking would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,033 miles [3,271.8 km] to the east (E). Driving would take 4 days, a buggy would take 80 days and walking would take 116 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,730 miles [10,830.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,497 miles [12,065.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,554 miles [8,938.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Dent could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <5> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Dent to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dent. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.6238, Longitude: -116.2032 In this case, the coordinates for Dent have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 335.801 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.484 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 323.885 degrees. |
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